strategy
Increasing awareness of link between status of women and demographic dynamics
Description:
The aim is to increase awareness of the fundamental links between improving the status of women and demographic dynamics, particularly through women's access to education, primary and reproductive health care programmes, economic independence and the access to effective, equitable participation in all levels of decision-making. Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Broader:
Promoting education about women's issuesFostering linkages between family planning and social welfare Facilitates:
Providing vocational training for womenProtecting against health hazards of motherhoodStrengthening comprehensive health care for womenAssessing links between demographic factors and sustainabilityGiving special attention to informing women on demographic impacts Facilitated by:
Improving status of womenDocumenting population trendsRaising awareness of demography in sustainable development planning Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → MechanicsSociety → Women
Sociology → Demography
Consciousness → Consciousness
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
